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Buddy Holly

  • A statue in the Buddy Holly Plaza in Lubbock, Tex., honors the singer, who died in a plane crash in 1959 with fellow musicians Richie Valens and The Big Bopper.
    The Story Of Buddy Holly
    Rachel Maurer
    In July 1957, Buddy Holly left Texas with only one record climbing the charts. Five months later, sporting capped teeth, a sharp suit, and horn-rimmed glasses, Holly debuted live on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like Elvis Presley only a year before, Holly had made it to prime time TV.